¶ The renewynge of Ierusalem and Iuda. [unspec A]
CAPI. II.
I Lyfte vp myne eyes agayne, and loked: and beholde, * 1.1 a mā with a measure lyne in his hande. Then sayde I whether goest thou? And he sayde vnto me: To measure Ierusalem, that I maye se howe longe and howe broade it is. And beholde, the angell that talked with me, wente his waye forth. Then went there out another angel to mete hym / and sayde vnto hym: Runne / speake to thys yonge man / & saye: Ierusalem shal∣be inhabited without any wall / for the very [unspec B] multytude of people and catell, that shalbe therin: * 1.2 Yee, I my selfe (sayeth the Lorde) wyl be vnto her a wall of fyre roūde about, and wyll behonoured in her.
O get you forth, O fle frō the lande of the north, sayeth the Lorde, ye * 1.3 whom I haue scatred into y• foure wyndes vnder heauen, sayeth the Lorde. Saue thy selfe, O Syon: thou that dwellest with ye daughter of Ba∣bylon / for thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, whiche spoyleth you, * 1.4 for who so toucheth you / shal touche the aple of his owne eye. Beholde / I wyl lyft vp myne hande ouer thē, ‡ 1.5 so that they shalbe spoyled of those / which afore serued them: & ye shall [unspec C] knowe / yt the Lorde of hostes hathe sent me.
Be glad / & reioyse, O daughter of Syō•• for lo, * 1.6 I am come to dwell in the myddest